Alf Larsen Whist (6 August 1880 – 16 July 1962) was a Norwegian businessman and Nasjonal Samling politician who collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II.
Pre-war life and career
He was born in Fredrikshald as a son of Svend Larsen (1833–1893) and Sofie Mathilde Laumann (1842–1897). He finished middle school in 1896, and after a period at sea he started working with insurance in Kristiania. He was married to editor's daughter Augusta Kathinka Hals from 1904.[1]
He started his own insurance company Norske Lloyd in 1905, and also founded insurance companies like Norske Alliance, Norske Forenende Livsforsikringsselskap, Globus and Andvake. Norske Lloyd went bankrupt in 1920–1921. He then moved from Ullern to France.[1] He was a board member of insurance companies in Finland, France, Algeria and the United States.[2]